Radiator wall bracket



July 16, 1929. .1 H. PHELAN RADIATOR WALL BRACKET Filed Aug. 2, 1926 a wa Patented July 16, 1929.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. PHELAN, F BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF To ROBERT PATERSON, OF MELBOSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

RADIATOR WALL BRACKET.

Application filed August 2, 1926. Serial No. 128,389.

This invention relates to a wall bracket or supporting member for radiators, and has for its object to provide a superior device for this purpose, which is simple, inexpensive,

strong and durable, and which enables the contractor to apply the wall brackets to the walls of the building while the latter is in process of construction and have them in proper position to co-operate with the radiators when the latter are subsequently installed.

The particular features of the invention will be pointed out in the claim at the end or this specification.

Fig. 1 represents in full lines a wall bracket embodying this invention and in dotted lines a radiator with which it co-operates' Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the wall bracket shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a front elevation of the upper member of said wall bracket;

Fig. 4 a detail of the clamping rod shown in Fig. 1; l

' Fig. 5, a side elevation of a modification to be referred to, and

Fig. 6, a front elevation of the wall-engaging member shown in Fig. 5.

A wall bracket embodying the present invention comprises an upper wall-engaging member, a lower radiator-supporting member, and a radiator-clamping member cooperating with the wall-engaging member.

The wall-engaging member is preferably made of cast iron and is provided with a back plate 10 having a substantially horizontal wall 12 which projects forwardly and is extended transversely of said back plate and is provided with a slot or opening 13 for the reception of the threaded end 14 of the bolt 15.

The bolt 15 has mounted upon it a sup porting member or foot, which is designed to be extended under the radiator 17, which rests upon the same.

In the present instance, the radiator 17 is shown as of the sectional type, and the supporting member or foot is shown as comprising an arm 18 extended from a hub 19 provided with a bore 20, said arm being made of suitable size and shape to extend under the radiator between adjacent sections thereof.

The supporting member or foot rests upon the head 22 of the bolt 15 and is capable of being raised and lowered with relation to the radiator by means of a nut 23 located on the threaded end of the bolt- 15 above the slotted horizontal wall 12 and designed to rest or bear upon the latter, as represented in Fig. 2.

In the present instance, the bottom wall 12 forms the bottom of a box-like structure having a front wall 24 and a top wall 25 integral with the bottom wall and the back plate 10. The box-like structure is made of such width as to enable the side walls thereof to prevent rotation of the nut 23 on the bolt 15, and the slot 13 in the bottom wall 12 forms side flanges upon which the nut slides when the bolt 15 is moved lengtb-.

wise of the slot to adjust the supporting member lengthwise of the radiator, for a purpose as will be described. The top wall 25 may also be provided with a like slot 26.

The back plate 10 is provided with a slot 27 which is vertically and centrally located and through which a bolt 28 is extended into the wall 29 of the building, the said bolt acting as a support for the wall bracket.

The wall-engaging member has attached to it a cross bar 30 which is provided with ends 31 bent substantially at right angles to the cross bar and preferably extended through the back plate 10 to form anchoring devices 32 which are tksigned to enter suitable sockets in the face of the wall 29, for a purpose as will be described. The cross bar 30 has co-operating wit-h it a clamping rod 34 (see Figs. 1 and 4) which is provided at its front end with a hook 335 for engaging the cross bar and has its opposite end threaded and engaged by a nut 36 which co-operates with a clamping member 37 loosely mounted on the rod and preferably made tapering to enter the space between two adjacent sections of the radiator and to be engaged therewith by adjusting the nut 36 on the threaded end of the rod 34. j The rod 34 is extended through the space between adjacent sections of the radiator, and by turning up the nut 36, the radiator may be firmly clamped to the wall-engaging member of the bracket.

The clamping member 37 may and preferably will be provided with lugs or cars 39, which are capable of being hammered or bent inwardly to enter recesses 40 in the nut 36 and thereby mechanically lock the nut from being turned in a reverse direction acoidentally, and thus maintain the radiator firmly clamped to the wall member of the bracket.

The cross bar 30 is subjected to considerablestrain when the nut 36 is turned up, and to prevent rupture, it is preferably made of wrought iron, which is firmly attached to the wall member of the bracket by casting the metal of the wall member about the ends of the cross bar.

From the above description, it will be observed that the radiator wall bracket may be secured to the wall 29 of the building as the latter is being built and before the radiators have been installed, for the supporting foot 18 is capable of substantial adjustment transversely with relation to the wall-engaging member 10, which enables the latter to be secured to the wall of the building before the radiator is installed, but approximately at the point called for by the plans, and when the radiator is subsequently installed, the bolt 15 can be moved transverse- 1y with relation to the wall-engaging member 10 so as to bring the foot 18 into position to engage the radiator.

It will thus be seen that the nut 23 on the bolt 15 may be positioned at either side of the wall member 10 and in such Cases the Iweight of the radiator is placed upon oneend of the slotted wall 12, which might cause the wall member 10 to be tilted from its proper vertical position on the wall 29.

This tilting of the wall member 1.0

:avoided by theanchoring devices 82 on the used or a new foot shaped to conform to thebottom of the radiator may be used.

In Fig. 5, the foot is shown as provided with a substantially V-shaped upper surface,

which may be substituted for the foot shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in such case adjustment may be obtained by either moving the bolt 15 and its foot, or by moving the radiator.

If desired, however, the wall-engaging member shown in Figs. 5 and 6, may he used when the bracket is used with a radiator having a continuous bottom and capable of being slid on the foot.

In such case, the slotted wall 12 of the wall member 10 may be materially shorter and centrally located as represented in Fig. 6, and need only be of suflicient length to allow for movement of the bolt due to ex pansion and contraction of the radiator.

When the wall-engaging member shown in Fig. 6 is used, it will be provided with the cross bar 30, but the ends of the latter may be flush with the rear surface of the back plate 10 as tilting of the wall member is not liable to occur.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is herein shown, but it is not desired to limit the invention to the particular construction shown. I

WVhat is claimed is:

In a radiator wall bracket, in combination, a wall-engaging member comprising a cast iron back plate provided with an opening near its upperend and having a substantially horizontal wall projecting from the front face of said back plate near the lower end thereof and provided with an opening extended through it, and a wrought iron cross bar above said horizontal wall and below the opening in said back plate and having bent ends affixed to the back plate by the cast metal thereof, a supporting member for the radiator suspended from said horizontal wall, and means co -operating with said cross bar for securing the up per end ofthe radiator in fixed relation to the wall-engaging member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES H; PHELav. 

